Conserve

By supporting conservation-based angling regulations, KIAP-TU-WISH works to ensure state angling regulations are scientifically based and that they focus on maintaining sustainable populations of wild trout.

KIAP-TU-WISH spreads the word about the scientific, economic, recreational and cultural values of wild trout in a wide variety of ways. This includes chapter meetings, participating in The Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo, and publishing RipRap—a mostly monthly newsletter.

Protect
Protecting Instream Flows in Trout Rivers. KIAP-TU-WISH uses a number of different approaches to protect and improve instream flows for Western Wisconsin’s coldwater fisheries. We are continuing our long-standing commitment working with water users and local government in watersheds of the Kinnikinnic and Rush Rivers to improve and protect instream flows.

Monitoring of the Kinnikinnic to determine the impact of stormwater run-off is an important part of this process.

To be an advocate implies that you are active in regard to a cause you care about. It includes the identification of a cause, taking up that cause gladly and readily, and, perhaps most importantly, promoting it. For TU members, the cause is well defined in the mission statement: to conserve, protect, and restore coldwater fisheries and their headwaters in Western Wiscsonsin. Certainly, as we take care the habitat, the fishing will take care of itself. However, the habitat will not take care of itself—we must see that it gets done.